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GameWidget

SaaSSaaS 2023

GameWidget embedded a gamified escape-game widget on websites to boost conversions and hand out coupons; founder Marc Lou sold it for $4,300 at $80 MRR on Acquire.com in March 2023.

Financial Data

Asking Price
Undisclosed
Sale Price
$4,300 USD
Monthly Revenue (MRR)
$80/mo
Annual Revenue (ARR)
$960/yr
Monthly Profit
N/A
Profit Multiple
N/A
Revenue Multiple
4.5×

Exit Analysis

Priced against revenue rather than profit, GameWidget sold at 4.5× annual revenue, above the 2.3× median across the 277 deals with a disclosed revenue multiple. Revenue multiples run higher than profit multiples because they ignore the cost of running the business, so they are only comparable between businesses with similar margins.

The $4,300 sale price puts it in the lower half of the 623 deals with a disclosed price here, where the median is $21,000. Most indie acquisitions cluster well under the headline numbers founders read about, which is exactly why a real distribution is more useful than an average.

This database tracks 362 SaaS exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $20,000. Category matters more than founders expect: buyers apply different discount rates to a content business, a mobile app and a B2B tool even at identical revenue.

See how this compares across the market on our market stats page, or browse more SaaS exits.

Exit Timeline

Platform
Acquire.com

Founder

Source
Indie Hackers